Machine for packing shoe-uppers.



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MARGARET EIMORRIS, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURLASSIGNOR OF SIX-SEV- ENTHS TOCHARLES L MORRS, FRANCIS E. MORRIS, W. J. MORRIS, R. M.MORRIS, CHARLESJ. KENNEDY, AND CLEMENS RUEMMLER, 0F

sr; LOUIS, MISSOURI.

MACHINE FOR PACKING 'SHOE-UPPRS.

SPEGIFGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 715,210, dated December2, 1902.

Applies@ flied April 1, 19,02. ysans No. 100,994. on man.)

To a/ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARGARET E. MORRIS, of the cityofvSt. Louis, Stateof Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inMachines for Packing Shoe-Uppers,

of which the followingis a full, clear, and exact description,referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

My invention relates to machines for packing shoe-uppers; and itconsists of the novel construction, combination, and arrangement ofparts hereinafter shown, described, and claimed.

My object is to construct a machine 'for' ysaid arms, a foot-lever underthe table, a yoke connecting the lower ends of said arms to saidfoot-lever, said yoke and said arms Operating through the table, aweight or its I equivalent -arranged to hold said foot-lever 3 3 of Fig.2, the parts below the table beingL omitted.

Referring to the drawings -in detail, the bundle-forming box comprisesthe base-plate 4, secured rigidly uponV the table 5, the sides 6 and 7extending upwardly from the base 4 and having the vertical slots 8 and 9extending downwardly from their upper edges, and

' the back 10 connecting the rear edges of the sides 6 and 7. The boxthus produced is open at the frontand at the top. The packer-plate 11 isadapted to tit within the box and, move easily up and down. The bar 12is secured to the packer-plate 11 and extends laterally beyond the sideedges of said plate, thus producing the arms 13 and 14, whichextendoutwardly through the slots 8 and l9 and then downwardly outsideof the side pieces 6 and 7. The blocks 15 and k16 are secured to theouter faces of the side pieces 6 and 7 in front of the slots and 9, and.the guide-plates 17 and 18 are secured to said blocks 15 and 16 andextend backwardly outside of the arms 13 and 14. g

The yoke comprises the arms 19 and 20, pivotally connected to the lowerends of the arms 13 and 14 and extending downwardly and then inwardlyand secured to the connecting-rod 21, said connecting-rod extendingdownwardly to the foot-lever. The brace 22 is inserted between thecentral portions of the arms 19 and 20 and has a central Opening 2. Theupper end of the connectingrod 21 has an opening 24. The foot lever 25is pivotally attachedr to the door, and the lower end of theconnecting-rod 21 is pivotally attached to the foot-lever. A U-shapedloop 26 is attached to the door and extends ,over the foot-lever tolimit its upward Inowardly over the pulley 32, attached to the beingexerted to hold the foot-lever .25 Vnor-v mally'elevated, th ns holdingthe packer-plate v11 elevated above the upper end of the box,

with the arms 13 and 14 outof the slotsSand 9, as required to allow thepacker-plate to tip backwardly, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 1..

The stops 3ft and 35 are attached to the plates 17 and 18 and extendbackwardly and inwardly and are attached to the back of the box, asrequired to limit the backward motion of the arms 13 and 14.

The operator stands in front of the table and places the uppers or othersimilar material to be packed upon the plate et within the packing-box,and as frequently as desired the foot-lever 25 is operated to press thepacking-plate 11 downwardly upon the bundle, and the foot-lever may beoperated with a jerky motion, as required to pound the bundle to anydesired extent. If desired, strings or other suitable ties may beinserted through the opening 36 in the back 10 and placed upon the plate4 and the bundle packed upon the ties or strings, and then the ends ofthe strings may be united over the bundle, as required to hold ittogether.

1. A device of the class described, comprising a suitable table; abundle-forming box upon the table and open at the front and top, andhaving vertical slots extending downwardly from the upper edges of itssides; a packer-plate adapted to operate up and down in said box; armsextending outwardly from said plate through said slots and downwardlyoutside of said box; guides for said arms; a foot-lever under the table;a yoke pivotally connecting the lower ends of said arms to saidfoot-lever; a weight arranged to hold said foot-lever normally elevated,thus holding the packe1plate-normal1y above the upper end of said boxwith said arms out of said slots, so that said plate may be tippedbackwardly out of the operators Way; and stops to limit the backwardmotion of said plate; substantially as specified.

2. In a device of the class described, abundle-formin g box apacker-plate adapted to operate up and down in said box; arms extendingoutwardly from said packer-plate through the sides of said box; afoot-lever; a pivotal connection between the foot-lever and said arms;and means of holding the said foot-lever normally elevated so as to holdsaid packer-plate normally above the box so that it may be tippedbackwardly outof the operators Way; substantially as specified.

3. In a device of the class described, a bundle-forming box; apacker-plate adapted to 0perate up and down in said box; arms extendingoutwardly from said packer-plate through the sides of said box; afoot-lever; a pivotal connection between the foot-lever and said arms;means of holding the said foot-lever normally elevated so as to holdsaid packerplate normally above the box so that it may be tippedbackwardly out of the operators way; and stops to limit the backwardmotion of said plate; substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I aftix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MARGARET E. MORRIS.

lfVitnesses:

ALFRED A. Elcxs, JOHN C. HIGDoN.

